Lecture 2

Post-Synaptic Potentials, Qualitative Analysis, Characteristic Times

Resources (Optional Reading)

  • There is no required reading for this lecture.  However, the lecture is based on Function families and characteristic times, as presented in Chapter 5 of Cellular Biophysics and Modeling: A Primer on the Systems Biology of Excitable Cells. You may wish to refer to Chapter 5 for additional help and a deeper understanding.
  • This MIT Mathlet on graph features that may prove helpful if you are having difficulty with the qualitative analysis of functions.
  • The free graphing software Desmos is highly recommended.

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